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Sheriff

by Daniel Kraus

With the help of God, guns, and the hundreds of blood relatives that populate his jurisdiction, Sheriff Ronald E. Hewett oversees Brunswick County, North Carolina — a rural region fraught with murder, robbery, and the occasional theft of ceramic lawn ornaments.

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Tobacco Blues

by Eren McGinnis and Christine Fugate

Families who have been growing tobacco for generations face the consequences of a national controversy fuming in their own backyards.

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Two Towns of Jasper

by Marco Williams and Whitney Dow

Using a white crew and a black crew, Two Towns of Jasper documents black and white residents of Jasper, Texas after an African American man was murdered by three white men.

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The Uprising of '34

by George Stoney and Judith Helfand

In 1934, thousands of textile workers participated in the largest single-industry strike in history; dozens of southern communities are still living with the consequences of this largely unknown event.

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The Wilgus Stories

by Andrew Garrison

Set in the mountains of Kentucky, The Wilgus Stories is a trilogy (Fat Monroe, Night Ride and Maxine) about Wilgus Collier and those close to him.

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